Transition team unveils 110 key tasks to pursue under Yoon

President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol / Yonhap

President Yoon Suk-yeol's transition team unveiled Tuesday 110 key policy tasks for the incoming government to pursue, including a "revolutionary" reinforcement of capabilities to respond to North Korea's nuclear and missile threats, and scrapping the previous administration's nuclear phase-out policy.

The tasks are aimed at realizing six broader goals that the new government plans to seek under the administrative vision of "A Republic of Korea that leaps anew, a people's nation of co-prosperity," the transition team said.

The six goals are to establish a country where “common sense” is restored; a dynamic economy led by the people and backed by the government; a society where everyone is happy, in warm company; a bold future created through freedom and creativity; a global leading nation that contributes to freedom, peace and prosperity; and an era of regions that makes it good to live anywhere in the Republic of Korea.

The 110 tasks that will help realize the goals range from helping small businesses fully recover from the damage of the COVID-19 pandemic to expanding the housing supply and scrapping the nuclear phase-out policy.

The tasks for foreign policy and security include pursuing North Korea's denuclearization, normalizing inter-Korean relations, strengthening the South Korea-U.S. military alliance, and a "revolutionary" reinforcement of the country's capability to respond to North Korea's nuclear and missile threats.

The four principles to guide the actions of public officials in executing the tasks are national interest, pragmatism, fairness and common sense.

The transition team said it expects the incoming government will need 209 trillion won ($165 billion) more than this year's government budget to implement the tasks.

It also said it created an image of the 110 tasks, converted it into a non-fungible token (NFT) and gave it to Yoon in the hopes he will make his promises to the people "non-fungible" over the next five years. (Yonhap)